Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-09-16
THE MORAL LA w.


81 am Bored of Education."
THE MORAL LAW.
AS Expounded in the License
Court of Allegheny County,
One Days Proceedings.
PITTsBURG, September fth.
Seated in O row facing the Judge.
in Common Pleas Court No. 2, thi
morning, were seven women.
The whole seven were nicely
dressed, showing about the same
order of intelligence in their counte
nances, ard the same languid inter
est in the proceedings
They might all have been mem.
bers of one church, Judging from out
ward appearance, and On visiting
terps at each others houses. Foul
of them were applicants for license te
sell liquor, and the other three were
members of the w. G. Il. U.
The crowd both inside and outside
the bar was larger than yesterday
and there was general dir of antici
patton of fun to be noted every where
Judges Ewing and White still pre-
sarYed their sphinX-like demeanor as
they bombarded each petitioner will
unexpected questions, and raked him
fore and aft with a fusilsde of crueI
posers. There were but few OF he
applicants who stepped away from
the place of inquiry without feeling
that their chances of getting . license
were sVamped forever In tie terrible
books in which the judges had been
writing.
The questions asked were about the
same that were projected at the pc.
titioners yesterday. Judge Lswing
showed tie sane bitterness toward
tie working Of the "growler," and
made the same searching inquiry
into the respo lsibility of bondsmen.
Altogether it was a trying time for
the women and men anxious to con.
tinue in the business OF sellin g
liauol and lunches. In the majority
of cases-nearly all in fact-the
women who appeared to ask for
licenses were widows and had con.
tinued in businesses established by
their late husbands. The Braddock
contingent occupied the attention c.
court nearly al, tAa poEning.
James Mcbride had peck of trou-
BILE when his case was called. In
spite of his p:otestations that he
kept an orderly house and never vio-
lated the law, Mr.. NJ. j. Bennett
came forward and testified that Mr.
Mcbride served beer in buckets to
women on Sunday ana to children
during tho week.
THE TRIALS OF A WIDOW OF BRADDoCK
Eleanor Zimmerman, the inevitable
widow, who said she Twas married,
but isn't now, because my old map ia
dead" admitted plsmply that she kept
q saloon. She sold beer on Sunday
to men going home from work in the
mills, and had been defendant in a
suit for Sunday selling. brought
against her on the l7th of Merah
last. She had psiI TIE Hne and costs
amounting to S336 on that occasion.
A long,drawn "whew!" sighed
through the court room as Mrs. Zim-
norman carelessly stated the aIoaas
of her Gne, and Judge Ewing said to
Attorney Yost, representing the Law
and Order Society: "This is one of
your special cases, Mr.. Yost." Then
looking down the petition, the Judge
continued; ~ think ! aq thorough
ly informed with regard to the case of
Mrs. Zimmerman. | am surprised to
see on this petition the names of men
who claim to be respectable, whereby
they testify that this woman, who
was indicted at the March term of
court, and whose house is notorious
for the sins that have occurred there,
keeps an orderly and law-respecting
establishment. 1t is scandalous that
men pretending to be respectable will
certify to falsehood to the court. 1t
has been proved that this woman has
repeatedly violated the law, that her
house has been the scene of drunken
ness and general bad conduct, and
that, when demonstrated with, and
warned that she would be sued if she
did not manage her house better, she
had declared that she didn't care, that
she made enough on Sunday to pay
the fines"
Mrs. Zimmerman, who had been
controlling herself with diGculty
while his Honor was speaking, now
shook her finger at the Court, as she
exclaimed, with much asperity: "Dot
ish not so. l can pring witness mans
to broye dot dat ish a lie. !! haf no
disturbance by lnein house. butts
den" "owet before they makes noise-''
.tTbat will do" interrupted the
Court, and Mrs. Zimmerman, with q
complacent smile, suffered herself to
be led away, She eyideptly felt that
she had vindicated herself in a fine
burst Of oratory.
Several names were called, but the
owners did not answer at once, and
they were passed oyer, The Court
declared that there was no time to
waste, and that people must be
prompt if they desired a hearing.
HE SOLD SWILL BITTERS.
Charles T. Biers, 2 young man
Yith Q waked mustache, perpetual
smile and flippant style of address,
had lived on the property in Brad
dock-where be now kept saloon,
billiard room and pool house"-for
twenty-three years. He had been in
the business about four years; he de.
scribed the arrangement, said he had
a 500 license for his house, end IL
answer to Judge Whites question
whether hs sold whisky, replied
"Some call it whisky and some cal
it swill-bitters."
Judge White-"You sell whisky
then? Have you ever been prosecut.
ed?"
yes, sig.H